flowers Rose in my Yard

Wonderful detail! I can almost smell it! Nice work, Kim!

Kim, Beautifully lit rose. If the purpose of posting here is to get others' ideas then I have one for you. I'm always looking for the essence of a photo (infinitely easier to do with someone elses photo than to produce one myself:) so I offer this crop for your consideration. Since you chose to reveal only the bloom & not the stem or leaves that go with it I don't think you went far enough. It's only one opinion but I know I value others views and hope you do too. Let's hear what you think. Stronger now? Or not? Best, LM.

Brilliant, Len. I think Kim's competent capture is made much stronger with your cropping suggestion. I learned something from your reasoning.

Is it just me or ........ nevermind.

 

Bad boy Ken bad boy ..

KEN!!!! :) I like your crop, Len, but I also like the top of mine because of the petal formation and the water droplets. I might consider taking more off the bottom, though, and take away the black space showing there and only leave it at the top. What do you all think?

The pedal with the dippity-dew is maybe just a tad out of focus and in the shadows compared to Len's whoopsy daisy crop, but I can get used to either. :-)

Have had some cropping suggestions. Would like some more opinions on

this. Thanks in advance.

It is hard to make a flower photo being original but I think you succeeded here. The cropping, the colors and the angle makes here. Longing for the time comming when roses are growing here again.

That's one good thing about living in S Texas, we get roses all year! I just took some more rose pictures yesterday downtown and will be "playing" with them soon. Thanks for commenting.

you know Kim, your Rose is so sexy & feminine, i love it.

thank you.

Thanks, Or.

All work fine for me. I guess its a matter of what you are trying to bring out in the photo. Beautiful work no matter what.

Thank you, Jeff. Sometimes there is quite a difference of opinion on how to crop (or not), but it's always interesting to try new ideas that you may not have thought about.

very erotic

I guess you see what Ken was seeing, Someone Else! :)

I like the dark tones which give it an earthiness you don't usually see in flower pictures.

Lol ........... I don't know what you're talking about .

Sure, Ken...I believe you (but thousands wouldn't!). Thanks for visiting, Donna.

Do I have to behave ? ......

Hey, Ken - I'll send you the rose - I dried it. You seem to have a peculiar attachment to this image. :)

Kim, apparently this image has made quite the impression with Ken and Roger as they sent me the link. Geez, I wonder why?? ;-) LOL... As for the image, it's quite lovely - really. Dang those guys! Now I can't look at it without a grin on my face!

Thomas, glad you liked the image. I'm getting a little concerned about those two! Maybe they will get a rose for Valentine's Day and it will make their day!

This is where it all started, thanks to Kens slightly warped mind, we now see anatomy lessons everywhere ! Oh, look at that Tree !{^; *R*

"Slightly"...is an understatement!